http://gilesli.com/blog Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:02:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lucille Clifton, 1936-2010 http://gilesli.com/blog/2010/02/17/rest-in-power-lucille-clifton/ Howard Zinn, 1922-2010 http://gilesli.com/blog/2010/01/27/rest-in-power-howard-zinn/ http://gilesli.com/blog/2009/12/31/parenting-win/ This is kinda controversial. Not to anyone else - just to me. It's hard to pick my favorite spoken word pieces of the last decade because the thing that makes me love them is so personal. It might be the presentation, the wordplay, the structuring - or it could be ... http://gilesli.com/blog/2009/12/30/decade-wrap-up-top-twelve-spoken-word-pieces-of-the-00s/ I'm listing the best live performances I've seen in the Zeroes. It struck me while writing this: I have not seen many live shows aside from my friends' performances. Ah well. By the way, i'm not including like theater or sporting events or dance shows and the like. You know what ... http://gilesli.com/blog/2009/12/29/decade-wrap-up-top-ten-live-shows-of-the-00s/ I was gonna try to come up with 10, but it's too hard. My memory is mad spotty - plus I don't really pay that much attention to commercials unless they're dope. So top seven it is. By the way, I don't watch much TV except sports, so...uh...take that for ... http://gilesli.com/blog/2009/12/28/decade-wrap-up-top-seven-commercials-of-the-decade/ 10. Musicology, Prince (2004) Prince's best album in more than 10 years. When he released this, all I could think was "music is back!" Then again, I probably would not have picked it up if they hadn't been passing it out at his concerts. The big revelation was that he was ... http://gilesli.com/blog/2009/12/26/decade-wrap-up-top-ten-albums-of-the-00s/ I don't hear anybody talking about how the decade is coming to a close. When it was 1999, mad people were freaking out over the Y2K. But even in 1989, going into the 90s was a big deal. And I'm sure it was the same in 1979. But people aren't ... http://gilesli.com/blog/2009/12/25/decade-wrap-up-top-ten-movies-of-the-00s/ A while back, my niece asked me "Is December gonn' be the last month?" When I told her yes, she started to cry. I tried to comfort her and when I asked what was wrong, she responded; "I wanna live..." "Oh Srei, December is the last month of the year, not ... http://gilesli.com/blog/2009/12/24/2009-wrap-up-song-of-the-year/ My brother from another Bao Phi has a super popular blog on the website for the Star-Tribune, and he's been doing an interesting thing where he asks various API activists from around the country to talk about the first time they participated in a public protest. So I participated in ... http://gilesli.com/blog/2009/12/08/my-first-protest/